Toward a system of basic cash transfers for children and older persons: An estimation of efforts, impacts and possibilities in Latin America

Toward a system of basic cash transfers for children and older persons: An estimation of efforts, impacts and possibilities in Latin America

This paper seeks to estimate the costs and impacts of expanding the coverage and improving the quality of cash transfers to older people and to families with younge children in the countries of Latin America.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales:	Filgueira, Fernando, Espíndola, Ernesto
Formato:	Texto
Idioma:	English
Publicado:	ECLAC 2015-03
Materias:	ANCIANOS NIÑOS INGRESOS BIENESTAR SOCIAL MITIGACION DE LA POBREZA PROGRAMAS DE ACCION POLITICA FISCAL DERECHOS ECONOMICOS, SOCIALES Y CULTURALES ECONOMIA DEL BIENESTAR DINERO AGEING PERSONS CHILDREN INCOME SOCIAL WELFARE POVERTY MITIGATION PROGRAMMES OF ACTION FISCAL POLICY ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS WELFARE ECONOMICS MONEY
Acceso en línea:	http://hdl.handle.net/11362/37820

Tabla de Contenidos:

Introduction .-- I. Background .-- II. Efforts to expand coverage: the new frontiers of universality, contributory systems and targeting .-- III. An initial estimation: cash transfers for older persons and families with children .-- IV. The social impact of the measures considered .-- V. Fiscal realities and possibilities in the region .-- VI. By way of conclusion.